The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-02-16


kapt;% large stalls, wien not at work
and i3v>e stalls kept well Uttered, = ver.
!..rge ra.tiu@ cf tue !,rine is a5sor5et
,tI:,i ;.Srtscclt Savet! When i;;;:er is ii!
3.c21at>l? With urine, IS quality
greatly improved. il IS 9 very Gj;!cran
;i,;s;g :ron' ;;tjer s!rAn!y mixed VII! so!l'
exc.er:@I,s ard lottvli. Gere : room fo
great IL pcovcn2eat il: or.r methoGs-t4i
hpShanti;ng OF the :tl1ne.
Again. stalls should Got be cleaned or
1aore thau oace :. ear. Managed u
aHove, nc;tler the heelsn nor the clean
illness OF animals demands It, and unde:
10 other conditions caa manure ee &C
cilarlateG With so little loss or detrimenI
/ % IS dr;a.ity. Tie great Zee 70 barn
,,s;:ij l,eaEr2r Of high quality IS tic o,tcI
y..r&. -l;'n@:;;.at ittteri2s helps matters
some, bG5 hacking viii bc great IKE
,}arE, rich jaices which Iio:7 from it atsel
ev@=" ica-y or rrotr&ctea ra;2 ere IL,
E,-egnated with salts Of amuo1EEs: no less
than soluble mineral ingredients. lie:
Us haHiSh the open yards from oul
iarmS, and change the name from barn
yar6 to stall manure.
another source of bulky, organic na-
nure. which IS quite unlimited, and
Which may serve as a basis for compost,
is leaves, straw, etc, decomposcd by the
agency Of ashes and lime. Ashes may be
useG alone or in combination wit? lime, or
lime may be used alone. In the last case
the CHEF function Of the lime is to de-
compose and reduce tie leaves. When
ashes are used alone, they accomplish
the same purpose, but in addition IN
crease very materially the icrti!izing
properties of the leaves. They add to
them lime, potash, magnesia, pAosphoric
anl sulphur;c aciIs-indced, every min
eral ingredient needed by plants. i q
proper amount of ammonia ana some
pAosphor:c acid be added to such q
nlix,u1e, a very complete and perfect
manure is produced. Such a mixture,
then, makes an excellent basis for a
compost. Ashes and lime should not be
added directly TO stable manure: they
VIII dr;ve of ammonia. But after those
substances have been mixed n;:;h large
quantities Of leaves, have become diluted
and marked by them, ana entered into
new combinations, they may then be
mixed with stable manure without detri
ment. Ten bushels Of ashes to three or
four well packed two-horse wagon loads
of leaves makes a coed mixture. II
ought to be prepared some months be-
fore it enters into the final compost heap.
\ farmer might begin now, ard at ali
available opportunities through theyear,
catl.er and haul leaves and put up pens
Of such mixtures. He woaId be aston
isheG at tie amount which system and
energy would accumulate in the course
OF a year. Il should not De put in piles,
but in pens four or i've feet high, well
.uuiste1ea tc start with. we'll packed and
covered al top with Il Layer OF >lch DIT
several inches thick 10 retain moisture.
After such a heap has been vel moist
e2ed, rains viii be apt 10 keep it Wet
enough afterwards Hain viii leach thin
leyerS OF manure scattered IN :: yard or
the thin edges OF . Spread-out heap, but
viii not leach a mass iour feet thick with
straight upright sides.
Now, supposing farmer has the
several materials mentioned on hand and
is ready TO make his compost--how shall
he proportion the several ingredients?
Eurman' s formula, now SO extensively
used, is thirty bushels each OF stable
manure and cotton seed, 400 pounds Of
acid phosphate ard 200 Upounds OF lzaini5.
excellent compound for land OF average
fertility. Can it and should II ever be
varied? Suppose one has cotton Sc; d,
but no stable manure. In such case ten
additional bushels of cotton seed should
take the place OF the lacking manure; SO
that the formula would be 10 bushels of
cotton seed, 400 pounds OF acid phos-
phate and 300 pounds OF kainit. But it
would be desirable, to keep up the de-
sired dilution Of the chemical fertilizers
in the compost, to mix with the above
ingredients twenty-five or thirty bushels
OF rich earth, or wood mold, or some
thing of the kind. Again, suppose one
has stable manure, but 10 cotton seed;
the place oi the cotton seed may be
taken by cotton meal-say 80 bushels Of
manure, SEQ pounds OF cotton seed meal,
400 pounds OF acid phosphate and POO
pounds OF kainit. Suppose ones Land is
extremely poor. Then the quantity OF
the cotton seed II the compost may be
doubled, the quantities Of other ingredi-
ents remaining the same. If ones land
is quite rich, half or even less Of the cot
ton seed may enter into the compost,
the other constituents remaining the
same. Suppose one las the mixture OF
leaves and ashes, but no manure or cot
ton seed; then the formula should be 60
bushels Of leaf mixture, 400 pounds OF
cotton seed meal, 400 pounds OF acid
phosphate and 100 pounds OF KANT.
Less kainit would be called for in this
case. because the ashes, in leaf mixture,
would take It's place. Ii lime only was
mixed with the leaves, the fllll quantity
OF kainit should be added.
It is well to build the compost pens in
or near the fields to which it is to be ap-
Piled; this viii save hauling during the
very busy season OF spring. And every
one ought to provide himself with q
compost distributor, both for economic
ing labor and time and for securing uni
tormity of distribution. Various pat.
terms o! these are now made over the
country, and some OF them are simple
and inexpensive. a revolving cylinder
with spikes, in . hopper with SLOT IN the
bottom and movable slides to regulate
width OF slot, constitute the essential
parts Of a spreader, and almost any farm
| ~. no,, -,,n Ea ono for HIM SclT